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The Camps

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What phrase was displayed at some camps to deceive prisoners about their fate?

a)

Arbeit macht frei ("work will make you free")

b)

Freiheit für alle ("freedom for all")

c)

Leben und arbeiten ("live and work")

d)

Glück und Erfolg ("happiness and success")

2.

How were workers in the camps generally treated, regardless of the importance of their work?

a)

As expendable

b)

As valuable assets

c)

As honored guests

d)

As skilled professionals

3.

Which of the following companies is NOT mentioned as having used slave labour during the Holocaust?

a)

Volkswagen

b)

Philips

c)

Ford Motor Company

d)

General Electric

4.

During the war, what proportion of the German workforce was made up of Jewish slave labourers?

a)

1/5

b)

1/2

c)

1/10

d)

1/100

5.

Auschwitz is usually known as?

a)

A concentration camp

b)

A hospital

c)

A school

d)

A government building

6.

What was the secondary function of Auschwitz?

a)

Extermination of prisoners

b)

Training German soldiers

c)

Manufacturing weapons

d)

Teaching languages

7.

What type of work was done in forced labour camps?

a)

Hard physical labour such as building and brick-making

b)

Office work

c)

Artistic performances

d)

Teaching children

8.

What is meant by extermination through labour and how was it applied by the Nazis?

a)

Killing prisoners by forcing them to work until they died

b)

Giving prisoners jobs to help them survive

c)

Allowing prisoners to choose their work

d)

Providing education through work

9.

How many companies profited from slave labour during the Holocaust? Name three.

a)

Many companies; examples include IG Farben, Siemens, and Volkswagen

b)

Only one company; Ford

c)

No companies profited

d)

Only small local businesses

10.

What is the debate today in Germany about labour camps?

a)

Whether or not to compensate survivors and acknowledge the crimes

b)

How to build new camps

c)

Whether to teach math in schools

d)

How to improve transportation